Seeing Red

More made-in-America tough talk was exported
last week as U.S. Ambassador to France Evan Galbraith committed la
gaffe on French radio. In a 75-minute interview, the conservative
diplomat's unsubtle views on French Communism provoked rapid-fire
and sometimes childish questions from French journalists. Galbraith
responded in kind. When asked for his opinion of prominent Communists,
including Transport Minister Charles Fiterman, the Ambassador
candidly responded that a Communist is "a poor Frenchman who
went wrong." Et alors: "Everyone knows very well that the
French Communist Party has a special relationship with...